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Netherlands beat everybody\'s commonsense favorite (if not emotional favorite) Brazil 2-1.   Oh, to be in the streets of Buenos Aires when that Brazil news broke.  

Now to get revenge on my sister.   She worked two tours in Ghana and showed only the faintest pretense of conflict when Ghana beat the U.S.   Well, if you want hopes and dreams snuffed out,  Germany\'s got history on its side.   Also,  Germany seems to have shelved the Wehrmacht-at-Stalingrad style of soccer for something a little more dynamic.  Had to tap the Turkish gene pool to do it,  but as a former Stanford-in-Germany guy,  gotta be rooting for them.

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Netherlands beat everybody\'s commonsense favorite (if not emotional favorite) Brazil 2-1.   Oh, to be in the streets of Buenos Aires when that Brazil news broke.  

Now to get revenge on my sister.   She worked two tours in Ghana and showed only the faintest pretense of conflict when Ghana beat the U.S.   Well, if you want hopes and dreams snuffed out,  Germany\'s got history on its side.   Also,  Germany seems to have shelved the Wehrmacht-at-Stalingrad style of soccer for something a little more dynamic.  Had to tap the Turkish gene pool to do it,  but as a former Stanford-in-Germany guy,  gotta be rooting for them.